The Bombay High Court on Friday noted that "propriety" demanded the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (MMRCL) not cut trees at Aarey Colony in the metropolis for a metro rail carshed until it seeks clarification from the Supreme Court with regard to the number of trees to be felled.

A bench of Acting Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice Sandeep Marne was hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by activist Zoru Bathena challenging the permission granted by the city's municipal commissioner to MMRCL to fell 177 trees.